Posts Tagged ‘saffron’

Going, Going, Gone

atomic bomb leads to trouble

The world is supposed to end today and I have no idea what to fix for supper, much less who to invite.  The prospect of having to prepare my last meal on earth is entirely too overwhelming.  All I can say is, just about the time Doomsday hits, no matter how grand the plans or big the roast I’ve marinated, I just know I’m  going to decide that we’d might as well order pizza.  Making chocolates is pretty much like that.  I sketch out half a dozen varieties in my head that I know I can whip out in an afternoon, and by the time the ganaches are made and the first couple of pounds of chocolate are tempered, I realize I need a bigger kitchen and another day to get it all done. Read More…

Practically Imperfect in Every Way


When Mary Poppins told her precocious charges, Jane and Michael, that she was “practically perfect in every way,” she added this caveat, “If I had a fault it would never dare show.”  Then she proceeded to show just how obsessive compulsive, defiant and dependent upon magical thinking she actually was.  Imperfection is, after all, essential to perfection.  Just ask Nanny McPhee.  Read More…